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“This evening I went to watch the Olympic Torch as is passed through my city on its way back to Vancouver. It was a fantastic experience and good times all around. It was also freezing cold...”
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This evening I went to watch the Olympic Torch as is passed through my city on its way back to Vancouver. It was a fantastic experience and good times all around. It was also freezing cold outside and when it was over I needed something to warm my hands and and my stomach so I got this at Starbucks. This one tasted a bit like apple cider actually – vanilla-flavoured apple cider with milk. I’m thinking that’s the rooibos talking, the sneaky little bugger.
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(Store-made, medium size, 2% milk, with a full-leaf teabag rather than liquid concentrate.)

Meh. I remember these being much tastier. Or maybe my palate’s matured / gotten snootier? Last time I had one was 2008.

Woody and minty rooibos, something a bit like toothpaste, and tepid milk. To be fair, did a great job of calming my jangled nerves, but I did not enjoy drinking it. I really don’t care for minty/woody red rooibos. There must be region/farm/estate differences with rooibos leaves just as there are with any other tea or tisane leaf. Anyway, this tasted at once medicinal, fakey-sweet and grenadine-y to me. And it cooled off very quickly.

I like how the rooibos holds up in the milk, what I don’t agree with is the amount of sugar in it a whole 32g of sugar?! Oh my. I’d hate to work my butt off to try and burn those extra calories. I enjoy the vanilla sweetness that it has albeit a tad artificial, but it’s sort of like the same complex I have when I go to the Cheesecake Factory: Everything is so good, but I really shouldn’t think twice about consuming it. Tea lattes should definitely be more about the tea than the milk or sugar that goes into it.

It enjoyable and a once-in-awhile indulge, but definitely not something I would drink everyday.

Picked this up out of curiosity. The rooibos while a little medicinal in flavor isn’t to bad. I’m glad it’s decaf naturally, however would wish the Starbucks staff knew a little thing or two about preparing tea. Can’t be to picky. ;-) If it’s all you can get, I’d say pick it up.

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Not a huge fan of Starbucks but I grab this at times when I am out and don’t have much else of an option. Pretty good stuff not the highest quality and its an artificial tasting vanilla but pretty drinkable.